Tool cabinet for butchers



E. SEAGLES TOOL CABINET FOR BUTQHERS Filed May 12, 1928 0 0(10 0 O O O OO 0 00 O 0 0O O0 000 O0 0 0O 0 0Y0 OO O QOOO WITNESS 5 729.92 5 dyles INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 31 192d l J ERNEST SEAGLES, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TOOL CABINET Fan sameness Application filed May 12,

My present invention has reference to a simple, cheaply constructed, neat and ornamental cabinet for holding butchers tools in what is commonly termed beef coolers but which, of course, may be also employed on a or adjacent to the butchers bench.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a cabinet for this purpose in which all of the tools used in the butchering operation, after cleaning, may be easily, quickly and conveniently arranged, so that any of the said tools may be withdrawn from its support when required for use, and wherein the device is thoroughly sanitary.

The invention will be fully and comprehensively understood from a consideration of the following detailed description when read in connection with the accompanying drawings which form part of the application, with the understanding, however, that the improvement is capable of extended application and is not confined to the exact showing of the drawings nor to the precise construction described and, therefore, such changes and modifications may be made therefrom as do not affect the spirit of the invention nor eXceedthe scope thereof as expressed in the appended claim.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a cabinet in accordance with this invention, with parts broken away.

Figure 2 is a top plan View thereof.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line H of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a detail sectional view approximately on the line 5-5 of Figure 2.

My improved cabinet is in the nature of a box-like member. 1 and is preferably constructed of wood. The cabinet,however, is finished with a heavy coating of enamel which not only adds to the appearance of the device but also renders the same readily cleanable. The bottom of the cabinet is open and this open bottom is ordinarily designed to rest upon the sawdust that is spread in the beef cooler, so that the edges of the bottom do not contact with the floor surface of 1928. Serial no. 277,290.

the cooler. Thus any .drippings from the tools supported by thecabinet willbe received on the sawdust and will be absorbed thereby. a, f.

On its front face and at a suitable distance adjacent its closed top 2,'the cabinet is provided with an angle iron 3, the vertical flange of which abutting the face of the cabinet and has passed therethrough a headless bolt 5 whose opposite ends are threaded, the said ends being engaged by nuts 6 which compress washers against the vertical flange of the angle iron 3 and the back of. the cabinet, These bolts materially reinforce and strengthen the cabinet construction. The angle iron 3 is'=also heavily coated witli enamel, and the horizontal flange thereof has passed therethroughand secured thereon de pending hooks 7, and these hooks are de signed to pass through the eyes or openings inthe blades of cleavers 8 or like implements. 1 l f i The topof the cabinet is; provided with spaced series of longitudinal openings 9, re spectively, the said openings'having'their ends rounded, The top of-the cabinet, adjacent to one end thereof, is also provided with a i plurality of spaced round openings 10. :The

top 2 is. covered by a'sheet of leather 11, the

said leather being' secured on the top through the medium of brass tacks having cupped heads 12. 1 The tacks are a-rrangedalongthe edges and ends of the top 2 and are closely related. This materially adds to the appeaiy ance of the cabinet, "while the leather top serves as a means for Wiping the butch'ers tools or implements after the samehave been cleaned and before the same are" received on the hooks 8 or the blades thereof in the open ings 9 and 10. The'u'pper corners of the cabinet are provided with-ornamental angle brace brackets or corner pieces 13 which cover the leather and which [have their depending flangeefixedby preferably ornamental headed tacks 14 to the sides and ends of the cabinet.

In the longitudinal elongated openings 9 and in the round openings 12 there are inserted cuffs 15, respectively. These cuffs are molded from soft lead, each of said cuffs cor responding and snugly contacting with the walls of the opening in which it is received. Each of the cuffs has on its outer edge a continuous flange 16 and passing through the flanges at their juncture with the cuffs proper there are the cup-shaped heads of tacks 17. These tacks are closely arranged, so that when the blades of the butchering knives, the steel and the needle are inserted through the respective openings 9 and 10, the handle portions thereof will rest directly upon the tacks 17 and therefore prevent injury to the blade or body portions of such implements or tools.

lvhile I have stated that both the elongated and circular cuffs are of soft lead, the round cuffs may and preferably are constructed of brass, as these cuffs receive therethrough implements whose edges are not sharpened. All of the cuffs are so arranged that they can not inflict injurv to the blades of the implements received therethrough, this being especially true with respect to the soft lead cuffs. The edges of these cuffs are also employed for wiping the blades of the implements withdrawn therefrom and by virtue of the contact of the blades of the implements with the edges of the metal cuffs the said blades will not only be wiped but \villbe shined and partly sharpened.

With my improvement it will be noted that I have provided a simple, cheaply constructed and highly ornamented dress meat cutters cabinet in which all of the tools required by the butcher after use and after cleaning may be quickly and conveniently positioned and readily removed When required and the advantages thereof will itis thought be fully comprehended by those skilled in the art Without further detailed description.

Having described the invention, I claim A butchers tool cabinet comprising a boxlike member having its top provided with a series of openings, a soft metal cuff received through each opening and of a length greater than that of the thickness of the top of the cabinet, each of said cuffs having its outer edge flanged outwardly to rest on the top of the cabinet, closely related headed securing means passing through the flanges for securing the same to the cabinet and for serving as elements to engage with the handles of implements whose blades are freely passed through the cuffs and the inner edges of the metal cuffs designed to serve as Wiping and shining elements for the blades of such implements, when the latter are brought thereagainst. v

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ERNEST SEAGLES. 

